Macroalgal diversity along the Baltic Sea salinity gradient challenges Remane's species-minimum concept

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1948-1956

  Schubert, Hendrik ^a   Feuerpfeil, Peter ^a   Marquardt, Ronny ^a   Telesh, Irena ^b   Skarlato, Sergei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Horohalinicum; Macroalgae; Salinity gradient; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; FIELD DATA; FINNISH; HARD SUBSTRATE; HOROHALINICUM; MACRO-ALGAE; NON-LINEAR; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SCUBA DIVING; SHANNON INDEX; SPECIES NUMBER;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

MACROALGA; POPULATION DECLINE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIODIVERSITY; BROWN ALGA; DEPTH ZONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVENNESS VALUE; GREEN ALGA; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RED ALGA; REMANE SPECIES MINIMUM CONCEPT; SALINITY; SEASHORE; SHANNON INDEX; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPLASH ZONE; TAXONOMY;

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYTA; FINLAND; GERMANY; PHAEOPHYTA; RHODOPHYTA; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SEAWEED; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SWEDEN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 80051816611     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.06.033     Document Type: Article

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